diff --git a/website/docs/language/values/variables.mdx b/website/docs/language/values/variables.mdx
index 3bc66dbb73..3428b57a21 100644
--- a/website/docs/language/values/variables.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/language/values/variables.mdx
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ you can use the [`-compact-warnings`](/terraform/cli/commands/plan#compact-warni
 option to simplify your output.
 
 If you provide values for undeclared variables on the [command line](#variables-on-the-command-line),
-Terraform will error. To avoid this error, either declare a variable block for the value, or remove
+Terraform will throw an error. To avoid this error, either declare a variable block for the value, or remove
 the variable value from your Terraform call.
 
 ### Variable Definition Precedence